John O. Ranson
Home Town: Huntersville, NC
General Orders No. No. 21, W.D., 1925
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John O. Ranson, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ardeuil, France, September 30, 1918. When his company was held up by an enemy machine-gun nest, Lieutenant Ranson volunteered and led his platoon in an attack on the position and, while attempting to carry out his mission, was killed.
